Recap: Cardinals 7, Dodgers 0

May 25, 2013|Reuters

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Recap: Cardinals 7, Dodgers 0

Cardinals 7, Dodgers 0: Allen Craig and David Freese homered as visiting St. Louis won the opener of the three-game series.

Craig and Freese had two hits, a run scored and three RBIs apiece as the Cardinals posted their major-league leading eighth shutout of the season. St. Louis starter Lance Lynn (7-1) threw six innings, allowing two hits and striking out nine for the 12th victory in his last 13 regular-season decisions.

Dodgers left-hander Chris Capuano (1-3) allowed six runs (five earned) and six hits in five innings. He had surrendered two earned runs over 13 2/3 innings in his previous two starts.

Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez made an errant throw to Capuano as he covered first with two outs in the second inning, allowing Jon Jay to reach safely. Freese then hit a line drive over the head of left-fielder Carl Crawford and Jay scored from first, colliding with catcher A.J. Ellis and briefly leaving Ellis injured.

Craig added a two-run double in the third and a solo home run in the fifth. Freese, who missed the previous three games with a thumb injury, slugged a two-run homer in the sixth to extend the lead to 6-0.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Dodgers SS Dee Gordon, who came in hitless in his previous 20 at-bats, struck out while pinch-hitting for Capuano in the sixth and lined out in the ninth. Nick Punto started at shortstop for the second consecutive game. ... The first run scored by the Cardinals was their 100th of the season with two outs. ... Craig has driven in at least three runs 16 times in the last two seasons, second in the majors behind Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers (22) in that span.